Favorite Comic Strip?

[The Dork Knight]

It's a close tie.....
Dilbert and Garfield.

[kiddiesunshine]

the boondocks

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Hard to say. I used to like _For Better or For Worse_ for its depth of characterization, but now I feel the series slowing down somewhat. Still better read in a collection rather than 4 panels a day, though.

I like some of the 1960s Peanuts. Wait, they don't print those much anymore anyway...

I like Heart of the City. That's fun, though a bit repetitive. Maybe I should give a TPB collection a look.

Calvin and Hobbes. Wait, that's not around anymore...

[Clayface]

Bloom County and Outland.

[zero zero nine]

Calvin and Hobbes... enough said... look at my avatar!

[Failure]

Calvin & Hobbes when it was out. Nothing else comes close.

Heart of the City for today.

[Calhoun07]

Liberty Meadows, Ernie, the Duplex, and Fox Trot are all great strips. And Citizen Dog.

[Colin]

I always get a kick out of Baby Blues...

[Joe Tully]

Robot Man and Popeye. The old Popeye strips are absolutely hilarious. And for some reason, I don't like Robot Man as much now that it's just "Monty". I dunno, maybe it's the new characters or maybe Robot Man really helped out the strip...or maybe the writing is finally starting to slip. It's still one of the best strips out there, though.

[Roman Legion]

Mutts!

Romey
--Yesh!

[Samhaine]

Foxtrot and Liberty Meadows. I used to love Far Side and Calvin & Hobbes. And, of course, Peanuts. Every time I see a Peanuts cartoon, I hafta read it.

[LastSonofKrypton]

Quite a few, actually. It was Calvin and Hobbes and The Far Side when they were being produced, but if I had to pick a favorite still being produced, I'd pick Doonesbury. Also like Dilbert, the web-based comic strip PVP, and Baby Blues.

Originally posted by Foley Is Good
It's a close tie.....
Dilbert and Garfield.

[Naraht]

I rarely read the papers anymore..

Anyway, my fav comics @ the moment are all online fantype comics.

The Sev Comics (http://www.sev.com.au/toonzone) - Which include Sev Trek, Sev Wars, Pits, Twist...and they are all interactive. It's where I got my LotR avatar.

MegaTokyo (http://www.megatokyo.com) - An Awesome strip with great artwork. Very funny (IMHO)

8-Bit Theater (http://www.nuklearpower.com/comic/) - The king of the Sprite Comics (Comics made with Sprites from video games) Only Updated every other day though. =[

Bob & George (http://www.bobandgeorge.com) - Another Sprite Comic..and the site has a number of Sub Comics, many of which are just as funny! =]

[The Dork Knight]

As for online comics, I love Fred the Clown (http://www.hotelfred.com) It's always a hoot! :D :bosko:

[Samhaine]

Going with online comics, I agree, PVP is great. I also enjoy Dork Tower, which is a comic about gamers/comic collectors. It never fails to make me laugh.

I also highly enjoy Nodwick, but it's only updated once a week. There is a bimonthly Nodwick comic (as well as bimonthly PVP and Dork Tower comics), so I guess I can't complain about the wait too much, especially when it's quality stuff.

Yes, I highly praise the Dork Storm Press....

[Lonestarr]

Mutts (Patrick McDonnell) - Like "Peanuts" if it focused on animals.

Funky Winkerbean (Tom Batiuk) - Batiuk truly knows how to tug at the heartstrings and make you laugh, sometimes both at once.

Randolph Itch, 2 a.m. (Tom Toles) - I just love the ironies.

The Boondocks (Aaron McGruder) - Incredibly confrontational, but also insightful. Plus, anyone who despises the title "Attack of the Clones" is alright with me.

Liberty Meadows (Frank Cho) - This one snuck up on me (in comic book form). A fine, funny mix of "Bloom County", "Calvin & Hobbes" and something I can't put my finger on.

Zits (Jim Borgman and Jerry Scott) - It's scary how much I can relate with Jeremy.

Dilbert (Scott Adams) - I just love it. What more can I say?

[Bird Boy]

Calvin and Hobbes
FoxTrot
Garfield
Mother Goose and Grimm

:)

-BB

[Fantasie117]

I rarely read the comics, but when I do, I enjoy Zits.

For an online comic, I like Schoolbooks and Brimstone at nethersphere.com. (http://www.nethersphere.com) The author doesn't post consistently, but when she does, they're very funny strips about schools and education in general.

[Eraserhead]

Garfield
Boondocks
Beetle Bailey (Mort Walker's mid-70's work was a riot!)

[JustJack]

I'd have to say my favorite, is an online comic strip known as "Sinfest". Its not a bad comic, (bad as in..hellbound?), but basically, its about a couple of hallarious characters(mirrors of the modern world, really..), and has various religious aspects(God & the Devil are characters...FUNNY!)

http://sinfest.net
:D

[LightAngel]

I have to be original and say, Garfield and Peanuts, but also Mother Goose and Grimm.

:wakko: :bosko:

[Alaskanbullworm]

GARFIELD
Get Fuzzy
Sherman's Lagoon
Herman
Fox Trot

[Elven Moon]

I rarely read the comics anymore, but my favorite strips would have to be:

Garfield - Always makes me laugh! Always!

Peanuts - I really like the early ones from the 50s and 60s... got a few old books my dad collected when he was a kid, and a few more I got at used book stores. Some of 'em are supposedly worth some money!

Fox Trot - I rarely read this, but when I do I find it to be very funny!

[Kal-el]

My all-time comic is "The Far Side." I absolutely loved that strip. Creative and hilarious.

Of strips that are currently alive, I'd say Dilbert, Garfield, Herman, and Beetle Baily.

Of others that are no longer...the old Spiderman strip was always fun to read.

[Jimmy Kustes]

<------Here is mine

How did this thread come back to life?

[Lepodactylous Man]

<------How did this thread come back to life?

Well, by YOU... silly, little pessimist.



My all-time comic is "The Far Side." I absolutely loved that strip. Creative and hilarious.

Of strips that are currently alive, I'd say Dilbert

[joker]

im a big fan of mother goose and grimm

[Lepodactylous Man]

And "Mother Goose and Grimm" is a big fan of YOU!!

How many of you guys thought that the "Grizzwells" was a side project of some political cartoonist at first?

[joshualane]

I like:

http://www.pvponline.com
http://www.penny-arcade.com

[Nightflower]

Does anyone like Cathy? (I don't)

[Naraht]

Originally posted by Nightflower
Does anyone like Cathy? (I don't)

No....and didn't Cathy get canned?

[Singin' Stray Cat]

Originally posted by Nightflower
Does anyone like Cathy? (I don't)

I don't either. Seems like the characters do too much talking, and the punchlines aren't that funny or even insightful. Every once in a while it makes me laugh, but not enough to make it one of my favorites.

I much prefer Garfield, Fox Trot, Shoe, Luann, and Curtis (anyone else get Curtis? :D ) Also liked The Far Side and Bloom County, but they're not around anymore... :(

[Lonestarr]

Originally posted by Nightflower
Does anyone like Cathy? (I don't)

Apparently, neither does Frank Cho. The "Liberty Meadows" creator takes occasional shots at the character which are quite funny.

[I.R Joey]

I don't know why nobody's mentioned this one but I really like
9 Chickweed Lane. I love almost all the charecters, and I definately identify with Amos and the main charecter (the blonde haired girl.)

Another good one is Non-Sequitor. Very insightful humor.


I also enjoy Cathy, Luann, Far Side, Boondocks and sometimes Garfield.

[Lepodactylous Man]

Another good one is Non-Sequitor. -I.R Joey

thanx for pointing that out...
Intelligent,
Well drawn (unique style)
and I can't get it in my local paper

so I have to steal my neighbor's "New York Times"
to read it... :o

[Ruffian]

Mutts. :)

[Jimmy Kustes]

Originally posted by Lepodactylous Man
Well, by YOU... silly, little pessimist.


Opps, I meant that Zits was my favorite comic. This thread was already bumped before I posted.

Anyway, Here are the others:

Calvin and Hobbes
Dilbert
Mother Goose and Grimm
Garfield

[Naraht]

Originally posted by duncanzits


Opps, I meant that Zits was my favorite comic. This thread was already bumped before I posted.



You like the comic Zits? I'd have never guessed >=]

[Alaskanbullworm]

I wonder if any of you knew that Bloom County and B.C. are actually about where I live, Broome County NY.

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

I am the BIGGEST Calvin and Hobbes fan on these boards! By far!

I also enjoy Zits, Doonsebury, and Jumpstart. All clever and well drawn. For Better or For Worse is the comic with characterzation out there, which I really like. Boondocks I respect for the art.

Garfield and Foxtrot I enjoy, but thier quality is going down REAL fast. Foxtrot especially so.

[Naraht]

Originally posted by BourgeoisBuffoon
I am the BIGGEST Calvin and Hobbes fan on these boards! By far!

I also enjoy Zits, Doonsebury, and Jumpstart. All clever and well drawn. For Better or For Worse is the comic with characterzation out there, which I really like. Boondocks I respect for the art.

Garfield and Foxtrot I enjoy, but thier quality is going down REAL fast. Foxtrot especially so.

Fox Trot is going bad? That bytes. Garfield has gotten very stale IMO...

[BourgeoisBuffoon]

SAID BY NARAHT: Fox Trot is going bad? That bytes. Garfield has gotten very stale IMO...

Well....Garfield has been stale for a long time. I DO think it's in a rennaisance, but right NOW it's getting a bit sucky.

Foxtrot....has gone and become terribly simplistic. Show of hands, everybody: How many daily strips of FT you see have had three panels with one char saying the same thing (ala "No Mom and Dad around to tell us what to do"; or "Because it 'X' or 'X'?), and then a punchline? Or Sunday strips with one BIG panel doing a sight gag over and over, and then a stupid punchline?

Did anyone have an inkling of what I said?

[Naraht]

Originally posted by BourgeoisBuffoon


Well....Garfield has been stale for a long time. I DO think it's in a rennaisance, but right NOW it's getting a bit sucky.

Foxtrot....has gone and become terribly simplistic. Show of hands, everybody: How many daily strips of FT you see have had three panels with one char saying the same thing (ala "No Mom and Dad around to tell us what to do"; or "Because it 'X' or 'X'?), and then a punchline? Or Sunday strips with one BIG panel doing a sight gag over and over, and then a stupid punchline?

Did anyone have an inkling of what I said?

umm...sorta...cept I haven't read Fox Trot in awhile.

oh

BTW


Post 200...Yeah, I rule. Been here a month, 200 Posts, three avatars, I rule!

[Jack]

I think one of the worst things to happen to Fox Trot was converting to that new format. While a few cartoonists take advantage of the newer Sunday formats available, most of them do single panel gags no different from an average daily strip.

My favorite comics include:

Calvin and Hobbes
Garfield (the older ones especially)
Sherman's Lagoon
Zits
Peanuts (I wish they had started rerunning them from the beginning, it'd be so much fun to see how the characters developed and changed between the 50s and 60s)
Mutts
For Better Or Worse
Fox Trot (though, it has been going down hill a little lately)
Boondocks
The Far Side
Krazy Kat
Non-Sequitor (He did a "Night Before Christmas parody a few years ago that I wish I had cut out and saved) He also did a Homer comic strip that I liked.
Mother Goose and Grimm (especially the older ones)
Get Fuzzy

There was a comic strip my newspaper had a few years ago that I liked reading, not because I found it funny, more because it was just interesting. It was called "They'll Do It Everytime." People would send the cartoonist hypocritical things they've seen in real life and he would put it into a single panel strip (split into two boxes). The style of drawing was old fashioned too, making it stick out more among the other strips on page.

I usually read every strip in my paper, all but Cathy and Marmaduke. I can't stand Cathy since it says the same thing over and over and over and over and over, and I don't find Marmaduke funny or interesting.



Jack :D

[PlopKat]

My favorites:

-- "Thimble Theater" by E.C. Segar, best known for its breakout character, Popeye. Wimpy was also a great character in this strip

-- "Dick Tracy" by Chester Gould. The best, freakiest rogues' gallery this side of Batman.

-- "Ernie Pook's Comeek" by Lynda Barry. If you're not familar with this, check out the latest collection, "The Greatest of Marlys."

-- "Mutts" by Patrick McDonnell. Mooch is a great cat!

-PlopKat

[oldgreypole]

My favorites:

"Andy Capp": A long-time favorite. One of the biggest influences in my cartooning drawing style. It was my favorite comic strip back in the 1970's. I like the strip for its drawing style and the characters' British accents. I particularly like the 1960's episodes.

"Beetle Bailey": Another long-time favorite. Had always liked the strip since the 1970's, but took even more interest in it since the early 1980's. Several things in it that make a good comic strip: good effectively set-up gags that are brief and to the point; good characters that one can identify and laugh with; and funny, cartoony drawings with effective visual humor. I particularly like the 1950's and 1960's period.

"Dick and Jane": A short-lived strip from the mid-1980's that I took an instant liking to, even to the point of considering it as my #1 favorite. I admire it for its simple and direct approach. It's a shame that it only ran for one year. :(

"Tiger": Another long-time favorite. One I regularly read with "Andy Capp" back in the 1970's. I had lost interest in the strip in the late 1970's -- until in the early 1990's when I saw early episodes on microfilm. I like how childlike innocence is captured in this strip without exaggeration. I liked the strip probably because I identified with Punkinhead. My favorite period is the 1960's.

"Sam's Strip": A comic strip that ran in the early 1960's that I first heard of in 1983. I took a liking to it because it is another one of Mort Walker's strips. The concept is unique: about a guy who runs a comic strip. It made references to comic strip conventions as well. Like "Beetle Bailey," it also has funny, cartoony drawings.

"Sam and Silo": Like it because it's a semi-revival of "Sam's Strip." In this strip, the two characters are rural policemen. The strip is a mutation of "Car 54, Where Are You?," "The Keystone Kops," "Laurel and Hardy," and "Mayberry R.F.D." "Sam and Silo" is particularly good when the two men are going after bad guys; it adds to the cartoony atmosphere of the strip.

Runners-up: "B.C." (some great visual zany humor and puns during its heyday); "Broom-Hilda" (similar reasons as "B.C."); "Boner's Ark" (another Mort Walker creation with qualities mentioned above on his other strips); and "Bugs Bunny" (after it was revamped in later 1989 and until its demise towards the end of 1990).

[Allen's Nickname.]

Currently? Well...
Garfield
Zits
Mother Goose and Grim
Get Fuzzy (I loved the "rejected characters" thing they just did)
Baby Blues (Feels his manlyness die)

Of all time?
Penuts, Far Side, and Krazy Kat (No, I'm not that old. I just bought a collection of KK strips. They rock!)

[Rei]

Garfield. I read it daily in archives and have lots of the books.

[Rhydant]

Cathy and Family Circus suck. :)

my favorites include: Fox Trot, Big Nate, Get Fuzzy, Non Sequtir, Bizzaro, Sherman's Lagoon, and of course-Dilbert.

[Opaque]

Number one all time avorite Comic Strips ... Dilbert. like there was any doubt. i have mints and puppet things and books and a block puzzle thing and all sorts of junk, including two callanders.

[Rhydant]

can i have those mints? i know theyre like a year old, but they still taste good...

[Galaxia]

Peanuts is my all-time favorite comic strip, with Zits and Stone Soup rounding out my list.

[Djm912]

The Boondocks. No question. I relate it too well.

Livin in the burbs.

[Zorakfan]

Lets see...
First, I loved The Far Side. Best comic ever.

Course, Larson retired...

so, then I loved Foxtrot...

but now it's running out of ideas...

now I love Dilbert and Non-sequitor.

However, I don't know if these count, but Penny Arcade is my second favorite of all time next to Far Side.


More technicalities: High Score and anything made by Jhonen Vasquez.

[Andy Mancini]

Let's see...

Foxtrot (Yes, when that post was written in December, it was going downhill, but has since perked up.)
Mutts (Mooch Rules...)
Red and Rover (Kind of reminds me of "Calvin and Hobbes in it's heyday.)
Baby Blues (Hammie's so cute, but it's a funny sort of cute...)
Crankshaft (It's Funky Winkerbean: The Next Generation!)

[Matt Hazuda]

Peanuts went downhill in the 90s IMO. I liked it so much better when it seemed like Charlie Brown was on the verge of suicide :p

That being said my current favorite comic strip in newspapers is Doonesbury. Just like political comedy I guess. Calvin and Hobbes is my favorite all-time though. I have all the collections and the excellent 10th anniversary book.

Favorite webcomic is tougher since I like so many but here goes my top 5

1. RPG World (http://www.rpgworldcomic.com/)

2. Chip and Walter & Time Trouble (http://diversions.toonzone.net/chipandwalter/) just started reading the other day and got up to the most current. When will there be more???!!!!!

3. Starsomething (http://starsomething.keenspace.com/) from the creator of RPG World (http://www.rpgworldcomic.com/)

4. Gene Catlow (http://www.genecatlow.com/)

5. Kevin & Kell (http://www.kevinandkell.com/)

6. Lost & Found (http://www.lostandfoundcomic.com/)

7. Gaming Guardians (http://www.gamingguardians.com/)

8. Ozy and Millie (http://www.ozyandmillie.org/)

9. The Vial (http://www.gamingguardians.com/vial/index2.html) from the creator of Gaming Guardians (http://www.gamingguardians.com/)

10. Newshounds (http://www.newshounds.com/)

[Gotham Knights '68]

THE GREATEST COMIC STRIP EVER WRITTEN WAS/IS CALVIN AND HOBBS!!!! I have every strip Watterson scripted!!!! GREAT STUFF

[kid_flash]

The best comic strip ever is THE FAR SIDE. CALVIN AND HOBBES is great, but it's NOTHING compared to the genius of THE FAR SIDE.

As for currently-running strips, ZITS is the best there is. There's no denying it. GET FUZZY is also highly entertaining.

And honorable mention goes to FOR BETTER OR WORSE for aging their characters. It's one of the few strips where you can find definite evolution in the characters.

And, of course, PEANUTS.

[randomguy]

Let's see... Krazy Kat is hopelessly charming and lovely. Pogo is the most random, bombastic, bizarre, over the top, and utterly awesome strip ever written. The Far Side is hopelessly clever. The Boondocks is the best syndicated comic strip to pop up in over a decade- edgy, clever, and extremely well-drawn to boot. Spider-Man was always a fun read and oddly comforting as well. Peanuts is classic for a reason. And, on a webcomics note, I love Sinfest.

However, it is Calvin and Hobbes which is the most amazing strip to me. It's hard for me to describe it... charming, often poignant and beautiful, with politcal, religious, and social commentary that is extremely biting, and well-developed, loveable characters and recurring jokes. It's truly a marvel, and I'll miss it.

[sulimo]

Originally posted by joshualane
I like:

http://www.pvponline.com

Definitely. But as far as paper strips go I'd ad Dilbert and Garfield. Another one I liked when I was younger was Hagar the Horrible.

[Good Ol' Batmanuel!]

In no particular order (except for number one!):
1. (tie) Calvin and Hobbes & The Far Side
2. Cornered
3. Speed Bump (just like The Far Side and just as good, too!)
4. Adam
5. Bizarro
6. The Wizard of Id
7. Herman
8. Mother Goose and Grimm
9. Sherman's Lagoon
10. Robotman (used to like it, but haven't seen it in years)

[Ricochet]

Number One: FoxTrot
#2: Dilbert
#3: Garfield
:D

[Gotham Knights '68]

Originally posted by kid_flash
The best comic strip ever is THE FAR SIDE. CALVIN AND HOBBES is great, but it's NOTHING compared to the genius of THE FAR SIDE.

As for currently-running strips, ZITS is the best there is. There's no denying it. GET FUZZY is also highly entertaining.

And honorable mention goes to FOR BETTER OR WORSE for aging their characters. It's one of the few strips where you can find definite evolution in the characters.

And, of course, PEANUTS.

Love the FAR SIDE - extremely funny and bizare - was actually a favorite until I started with Calvin and Hobbes, it was a bit more "realistic" funny for me - when you have kids you can really relate, the stuff is so very funny and very true to life :D .
Funny, but I was gonna say PEANUTS - my wife is a huge Peanuts fan.

[unknown hero]

foxtrot is good
mother goose and grim is cool
but nothing is better than peanuts

[halinar]

It's a tie for me between Bloom County and Calvin and Hobbes. I love em both for completly different reasons.

[Brandon Pierce]

Garfield and Get Fuzzy are my two favorites.